Meet the Team at Ruppert Counseling

Bobby Ruppert, LMHC and owner of Ruppert Counseling

Hi, I'm Bobby, the owner of Ruppert Counseling. I founded this practice with the belief that therapy should be both deeply understanding and genuinely useful. Our goal is to create an environment where clients feel supported, challenged, and empowered to build meaningful, lasting change.

Our clinicians draw from evidence-based approaches including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and psychodynamic therapy. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, we tailor treatment to each person's unique needs, values, and goals.

Each clinician brings their own areas of experience and professional interests, allowing us to support individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, life experiences, and professions.

Works with teens & adults • Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Vanessa, LMHC

Vanessa is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who takes a grounded, compassionate, and direct approach to therapy. Her work focuses on helping clients build awareness, develop effective coping strategies, and create meaningful, lasting change in their day-to-day lives.

She draws from evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing, with an emphasis on how past experiences shape present patterns and influence how clients respond to stress and relationships.

Vanessa has experience working with emotional dysregulation, addiction, trauma, and complex life stressors. She provides culturally responsive care and supports clients in building more stability, clarity, and confidence over time.

She also has experience working with healthcare professionals, first responders, and others in high-stress occupations. She understands the unique pressures these careers can place on emotional well-being, relationships, and day-to-day life, and tailors treatment to the specific challenges her clients face.

Nanette, MHC-LP

Works with teens & adults

Nanette is a Mental Health Counselor who works with adults who feel stuck being the responsible one, often managing others while losing touch with themselves. Her work focuses on helping clients understand their patterns and reconnect in a way that feels real, not performative.

Her approach integrates psychodynamic, somatic, and skills-based therapies, with an emphasis on understanding the “why,” how patterns show up in the body, and how to respond differently. Her style is grounded and direct, helping clients turn insight into lasting change.

Nanette has experience working with anxiety, people-pleasing, complex family dynamics, and forms of grief that are not always obvious. She helps clients move out of cycles of over-functioning and burnout.

She also has experience in crisis settings, legal systems, and other high-pressure environments, giving her a strong understanding of individuals who feel like they are constantly performing or holding everything together.